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Passenger Rail Solutions – Balanced Approach

2009 AASHTO SCORT Conference – Oklahoma City, OKSeptember 20 – 23, 2009

Joe Adams, Vice President – Public Affairs

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Fast Facts• Freight

Revenue $17.1 B

• Route Miles 32,000 in 23 States

• Employees 45,000

• Annual Payroll $3.8 B

• Customers 25,000

• Locomotives 8,400

Portland

Oakland

LA

Calexico

Nogales El Paso

Seattle

Eagle Pass

SLC

Eastport

Brownsville

Houston

KC

St. Louis

Omaha

Twin Cities

Duluth

Denver

Laredo

Dallas

Memphis

Chicago

New Orleans

Union Pacific System

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Both Passenger & Freight Solutions Required

• Communities want passenger rail transportation to . . .

– Reduce traffic congestion

– Avoid/reduce road construction and maintenance

– Promote economic growth

• Communities depend on freight rail transportation to . . .

– Efficiently supply the goods they use everyday (food, vehicles, energy)

– Reduce dependency on foreign oil through its fuel efficiency

– Lower emissions by Two Thirds

– Reduces Highway Congestion

– Support infrastructure with private funds – not taxpayer dollars

– Promote economic grown

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Union Pacific Participates in Passenger Rail Commuter Trains on UP

• 1,430 weekly trains; 880,000 weekly passengers

• Examples:

– Chicago Metra (UP operates the commuter trains on three routes; USA’s 7th largest commuter operation)

– Altamont Commuter Express (Stockton – San Jose, CA)

– CALTRAIN (San Jose – Gilroy, CA)

– Metrolink (LA - Riverside, CA & Moorpark - Montalvo, CA)

Amtrak

• 550 weekly trains; 130,000 weekly passengers

• Example:

– Capital Corridor Service (San Jose – Oakland – Sacramento – Auburn; 32 daily trains)

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Principles for Achieving Appropriate Balance

• Safe passenger and freight operations

• Reliable service for passengers and freight customers

• Protect capacity to accommodate future freight traffic growth

• Market-based compensation and no additional exposure to liability

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